Exchange Council Election: Nominations

The Election Committee asks the groups to submit election proposals for the respective groups

by no later than September 26, 2025

Nominations must be submitted in writing to the following address:

Election Committee of the Exchange Council of FWB
c/o Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Ofir Raz 
Mergenthalerallee 61
65760 Eschborn

Nominations for the election of the Exchange Council can be submitted both in writing and electronically. To submit your nomination electronically, please request access by contacting boersenratswahl@deutsche-boerse.com.

Late submissions will not be considered. The number of members to be elected for each voter group can be found in paragraph 4.3 – Voter Groups.

The Nomination must contain 

  • the name of the group for which the nomination is made;
  • the name of the nominated person and his or her declaration of consent including the documents named in Section 10 (3) in conjunction with Section 1 (2) of the Exchange Regulation (filled out form for the suitability profile and complete curriculum vitae with information on a monthly basis
  • the name of the company represented by the nominated person                  

Moreover, the nomination comprises either

  • excerpts from the central trade registers and criminal records of the states in which the proposed person for election has been resident in the last ten years
  • or, if such a document is not issued in the respective country, an official certificate of non-infringement 
  • or, if such a document is not issued in the respective country, 

a self-declaration as to whether any criminal convictions have been committed in connection with the provision of financial services or due to fraudulent actions or misappropriation.

Eligibility

Eligible are representatives of companies which are part of at least one of the voter groups at FWB listed under number 4.3. These are

  1. in the case of companies operating in the legal form of sole proprietorship, the proprietor,
  2. in the case of other companies, the persons who are responsible for managing the business and authorized to represent them in accordance with the law, the by laws or articles of association.

Persons who are authorized to manage the business of a company’s domestic branch and act as its representative are also eligible if they are listed in this capacity in the commercial register. Provided the eligible person represents a trading participant, they must have the required professional expertise in order to conduct transactions on the exchange.

Persons who

a) are owner of a company or member of a body authorised to represent a company which operates an exchange or multilateral trading system at home or abroad or which is, within the meaning of § 15 Exchange Act affiliated to the operator of an exchange or a multilateral trading system, or

b) are member of the Management Board of an exchange or operator of a multilateral trading system at home or abroad 

are not eligible for election.

 

The Election Committee kindly asks to send the certificate of good conduct directly to the Exchange Supervisory Authority – State of Hessen to the following address:

Mr. Stefan Haupt
Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport, Housing and Rural Area – State of Hessen
Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 75
65185 Wiesbaden
Germany

Only one person authorized to represent per eligible company including companies affiliated with such company within the meaning of § 15 Stock Corporation Act shall be nominated.

The Election Committee will review the validity of nominations.

Please find the forms for election proposals / declarations of consent on this webpage.